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The core package implementing Spring's lightweight Inversion of Control (IoC) container.
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Provides an alternative to the Singleton and Prototype design
patterns, including a consistent approach to configuration management.
Builds on the org.springframework.beans package.

<p>This package and related packages are discussed in Chapter 11 of
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0764543857/">Expert One-On-One J2EE Design and Development</a>
by Rod Johnson (Wrox, 2002).

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